Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Today, PSR is joining with dozens of organizations, representing millions of Americans, calling on the U.S. Senate to pass clean energy and climate legislation. Please tell your Senators that we can no longer delay action if we are to protect our health and the health of future generations from catastrophic climate change.
Reprocessing in the U.S.: A Waste of Time
Edwin S. Lyman
Senior Staff Scientist
Union of Concerned Scientists
July 20, 2009
Interim Dry-cask Storage vs. Spent-fuel Reprocessing
Frank von Hippel, Princeton University
Co-chair, International Panel on Fissile Material (IPFM)
Senate Staff Briefing, 20 July 2009
Minority Opinion: Dissenting Statement of Gilinsky and Macfarlane
Contact your federal legislators and urge them to oppose increasing nuclear loan guarantees.
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A government-sponsored study of childhood cancer in the proximity of German nuclear power plants (German acronym KiKK) found that children < 5 years living < 5 km from plant exhaust stacks had twice the risk for contracting leukemia as those residing > 5 km. Read more »
The nuclear industry seeks to revitalize itself by manipulating the public’s concerns about global warming and energy insecurity to promote nuclear power as a clean and safe way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce dependence on foreign energy resources. Read more »
A fact sheet on the current subsidies and incentives for new nuclear reactors. Read more »